Chapter 119 — Xiao Qi Saw Yu Gongzi Sharpening His Knife (2/2)
She knocked on the door of the inn, and after quite some time the door opens.
The inn worker gasped as he saw the delicate-looking young girl standing at the door. She was soaking wet with her clothes glued to her figure. The inn worker’s eyes lit up as he looked Xiao Xi up and down.
“Girl, are you here to stay? It’s cold outside, especially at night time. Come in quickly.”
Just as the inn worker stretched out his hand to pull at Xiao Xi, Wan Siyu came in. He deftly maneuvered his fan to hit the back of the inn worker’s hand making the particular area quite numb.
“She has her own legs and can walk by herself.”
The inn worker retracted his numb hand and silently cursed Wan Siyu for being meddlesome.
“Two rooms. Also, I’ll be troubling this little brother to get some hot water and find some suitable dry clothes for me.” Xiao Xi took out a silver ingots from her sleeve and put them into the hands of the junior inn worker.
The inn worker saw the silver and smiled. He didn’t need a silver ingot for the two rooms, but this time, he could earn one ingot of silver for it. How lucky.
The inn worker took Xiao Xi and Wan Siyu to the second floor, opened their intended rooms, and went to fetch what Xiao Xi ordered.
Xiao Xi approached the room, but Wan Siyu’s crossed his arms in front of his chest and leaned sideways against the door frame while training his eyes at Xiao Xi’s shivering soaked figure, “Little fox, it hasn’t been long since you’ve transformed into a human, but you’ve already learned how to bribe people’s hearts.”
Xiao Xi rolled her eyes at Wan Siyu. How can she not when she was originally a human?
People’s hearts can be bought as long as they are paid. If it is not successful, then it is because the benefits paid are not big enough.
In any case, she was still a modern person who has studied economics. This basis she understands.
“Your room is next door.”
Xiao Xi’s clear desire to drive him away was so palpable that Wan Siyu could hear the implications as is.
Wan Siyu smiled, he put his hands down and turned to the room next door.
The inn worker was very efficient. In about one incense stick worth of time, Xiao Xi’s orders were completed.
Xiao Xi closed the door and shivered from the cold. She took off her wet clothes with trembling fingers and sneezed several times. She then settled herself in the warm bath.
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Nanling, Imperial Summer Residence.
“What? That person jumped into the lake? What about the status? Dead or alive?”
When Qiu Lan heard the words of the man in black, she felt dizzy. She was not worried about Xiao Xi’s life or death, but that Xiao Xi could not die. At least Xiao Xi could not have an accident before the master completes his great ambition.
“Why didn’t you stop her? Why didn’t anyone get into the water to save her?”
Qiu Lan glares furiously at the man in black.
“Miss Qiu Lan, our brothers can only kill people, not swimming. They will be throwing away their lives by jumping down, how then could they save someone else’s life!”
“If Xiao Xi was met with any unexpected misfortune, the master will not spare any of you.”
“Miss Qiu Lan, you were the one that told our brothers to do all this. The master will not spare us, nor will he spare you.”
“Without Xiao Xi, the master’s great ambition will be difficult to achieve. Even if master does not spare me, I will do it myself.”
From an early age, she knew that her future mission was not to live for herself, but for her master’s great ambition. Her father was very strict with her. She not only learned all the things that a woman should learn in the world, but also of men. She thought that all of this that were carefully arranged by herself would be of the greatest help to the master, but she did not expect that these fools would actually end up forcing Xiao Xi into the lake…
“You’ll find her for me now, and take the water-savvy young men from the Summer Resort with you. Xiao Xi, if she lives I needs to see her person, if she died I needs to see her corpse.” Qiu Lan gave out the order coldly.
Several people in black came and went back and forth. They were very tired. Who would like to listen to Qiu Lan’s orders again? They would not have gone if it hadn’t been for those pieces of silver….
“Miss Qiu Lan, our brothers are very tired. Don’t torment us all night like this…”
The black-clad men had not finished their words yet. When they saw the token in Qiu Lan’s hand, they were astonished and immediately knelt down.
“Young master.”
The corners of Qiu Lan’s mouth pulled into a sneer, “It seems that you still recognize my father’s token. Now go and find Xiao Xi for me. If you can’t find her, then you’ll come and see me.”
“Yes, young master.”
The people in black answered in unison and disappeared immediately before Qiu Lan’s eyes.
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By the lake, with a horse by his side, stood a cold man, whose figure was lengthened by the moonlight, and his body was surrounded with a terrifying aura.
Suddenly, a figure landed in front of the man.
“I’ve found the young Miss.”
“Where is she?”
“In an inn, South from here. Yu Gongzi is also there. Xiao Qi saw Yu Gongzi sharpening his knife…”
Before Xiao Qi’s words were finished, Feng Lingran’s figure had disappeared. He went so fast that Xiao Qi was left tongue-tied.
“Why is the master so nervous like that? Is Yu Gongzi sharpening his knife to kill the young Miss?”
Xiao Qi mutters to himself.
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Feng Lingran quickly arrived at the inn. Without saying a word, he kicked the door and went in.